Watch: First Etrian Odyssey III trailer from Atlus

Atlus Japan has released the first trailer for Etrian Odyssey III, the next entry in their hardcore dungeon crawling series. Most of it’s just images and CG scenes, but there’s a very brief glimpse of actual gameplay footage at the 1:11 mark.

Atlus Japan has released the first trailer for Etrian Odyssey III, the next entry in their hardcore dungeon crawling series. Most of it’s just images and CG scenes, but there’s a very brief glimpse of actual gameplay footage at the 1:11 mark.

Etrian Odyssey III lets you have pirates and ninjas on the same team. Other new classes are the prince/princess, phalanx, and monk classes. The series’ dungeon cartography system is being tweaked for outside use, meaning you can use it while sailing around. It also sports local wireless multiplayer for up to five players.

Atlus is readying Etrian Odyssey III for a  March 4 Japanese release on the Nintendo DS handheld.